Midnight Mass?

[CeeBee]

I have heard of Midnight Mass what is it? Is it for Christmas?

 

[thereselittleflower]

Christmas and Easter traditionally have midnight masses as one of the masses one can attend . . . We are planning to go to the midnight mass at our Parish this year . . . .


Peace in Him!

 

[CeeBee]

So, for example, there will be a Mass at midnight Christmas Eve Night/Christmas Day morning?

 

[KennySe]

Christmas Midnight Mass (which begins one minute after 11:59 p.m. on Christmas Eve, December 24th) is broadcast from St. Peter's Square (presided by Pope John Paul II) on EWTN.
That's 5:00 p.m. December 24th for those of us in the Central Time Zone.

At 9:30 p.m. (Central Time Zone) the Christmas Midnight Mass will be on EWTN, from the Basilica OF The National Shrine Of The Immaculate Conception, in Washington D.C..

Here's the EWTN TV schedule for the USA.
http://www.ewtn.com/tv/Dec19_Dec25.asp

Peace.

 

[RhetorTheo]

It's a beautiful mass, a high mass (incense), lots of singing. You can fulfill the obligation that way, but more importantly it's just a fun thing to do, to show you are so excited for Christmas that you can't wait until the morning service (much like New Year's). I'll be attending the Christmas liturgy at my parish at 7:30, then the midnight mass with my inlaws a few hours later.

 

[KennySe]

So, for example, there will be a Mass at midnight Christmas Eve Night/Christmas Day morning?

Right.

And very likely there will be Midnight Mass at St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans.
Is the Catholic telvision station in New Orleans broadcasting that Mass?

 

[CeeBee]

Catholic TV station of new Orleans... I didn't know there was one. Oh, ya mean PBS maybe. it shows Catholic shows at times, but I don't know if the whole station is Catholic...

 

[KennySe]

Catholic TV station of new Orleans... I didn't know there was one. Oh, ya mean PBS maybe. it shows Catholic shows at times, but I don't know if the whole station is Catholic...

No, not the PBS station.

I haven't lived in New Orleans for some years, so I don't recall the call letters and number on the tv dial. Channel 32?

(Channel 8 was the ABC affiliate and 26 was the Fox station... then they switched numbers with each other, which freaks me out when I see Bob Breck on ABC 26, when I visit down.)

EDIT TO ADD:

I did some websearching.

WLAE-32 is the station that I thought was a Catholic station.

Archbiship Phillip Hannan of New Orleans had a huge part in beginning the station, which was on Catholic property originally. ( Now it is somewhere on Causeway Blvd in Metairie!! )

But, it appears to be a public broadcast "ho-hum boring" station, from what I see on the official site. http://www.pbs.org/wlae/

 

[epiclesis]

my church has a regular Mass called midnight mass at 10 pm...
I used to go to it, but we go to 9 am Christmas day now..

 

[Paul S]

Christmas Midnight Mass (which begins one minute after 11:59 p.m. on Christmas Eve, December 24th) is broadcast from St. Peter's Square (presided by Pope John Paul II) on EWTN.
That's 5:00 p.m. December 24th for those of us in the Central Time Zone.

Do they have the same announcers as NBC does?

I wish they could subtitle it or something instead of talking over the whole Mass. Just because it's in Latin doesn't mean some of us don't understand it.

The ABC station here has midnight Mass from the local cathedral, celebrated by the archbishop.

At Easter, the Vigil Mass is often earlier in the evening on Holy Saturday, often around 7 or 8. The full liturgy can be 3 to 4 hours long, depending on how many of the readings are done and how many people are baptised and confirmed.

 

[ProCommunioneFacior]

My girlfriend will be singing at this year's midnight Mass. I can't wait.

 

[CeeBee]

Kewl everyone. Kennyse, that is what i was talking about, 32. it is like semi-Catholic.

 

[AMDG]

my church has a regular Mass called midnight mass at 10 pm...

Mine too. Makes that old joke about someone calling up the rectory to find out what time midnight mass is held seem not so funny anymore.

 

[KennySe]

CeeBee, well I hope that channel 32 might show the Christmas Midnight Mass, so that you woul;d have the opportunity to see it.

Hey,New Orleans' Catholic posters, will Channel 32 have Christmas Midnight Mass?

 

[CeeBee]

lol. well, i get ewtn too, so i can watch the pope do midnight mass

 

[EllenMoran]

AMDG, Steph, my parish is doing the same thing, only it's at 10.30pm -- I guess it will end at/after midnight?

 

[JeffreyLloyd]

NBC will air midnight Mass with the Pope starting at 11:30 on Christmas Eve